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No. 378,523. Patented Feb. 28, 1888.

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DUMPI-NG WAGON. No. 378,523.-

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ALEXANDER RODGERS AND WILLIAM T. HATTEN, OF ROSELAND, NEBRASKA.

DUMPENG WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378.523, dated February28, 1888.

Application filed October 25, 1887. Serial No. 253,362. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER Honduras and WILLIAM T. HATTEN, citizensof the United States, residing at Roseland, in the county of Adams andState of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDumping-WVagons, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in dumpingwagons; and itconsists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts fullyset forth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 isa side view of the same in the dumping position. Fig. 3 is a bottom planview.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the body of the wagon,the bottom B of which is divided into two sections or leaves, C O, whichare provided on the sides near the outer ends with trunnions c c. Thetrunnions are journalcd in bearings D D, depending from the sides of thebody. The free inner ends of the said leaves are provided withtransverse plates or bars E E, which are extended beyond the sides ofthe leaves and provided with eyes 6 e, for a purpose to be explained.One of the trunnions (namely, that on' the right side of the wagon) onwhich the leaf at the front end of the wagon is hung is extended beyondits bearing, and on this extension is journaled the lower end of thelever F. A horizontal bar, G, is arranged near the upper edge of thewagon, and between the said bar and the side of the wagon the upper endof the lever F operates. A notch, g, is formed in the inner side of thebar G, near the rear end, and a leaf spring, F, is secured on the outerside of the lever, and it operates at the free end on the outer side ofthe bar G. This spring presses against the outer side of the bar, and asthe lever is moved it is held close to the bar, so that when the levercomes in line with the notch 9 it is drawn by the spring thereinto. Ahorizontal shaft or rod, H, is

journaled in bearings in the opposite edges of the wagon-body, at thecenter thereof, and to the ends of the said shaft are secured theangle-levers I 1. One arm, K, of the lever, on the right side of thewagon, is turned in at the end to form the pintle It, on which isjournaled the rear end of the connecting-rod. L, which is attached atthe front end to the lever F. The other arm, K, of the said lever isalso provided with a piutle, k, to which are attached the upper ends ofthe operating-rods M M. The lower ends of the rods M are engaged in theeyes 0 c on the inner ends of the pivoted leaves 0 O.

The lever I on the other 'side of the wagon also comprises the arms Kand K, having, respectively, the pintles 7c and but as there is no leveron this side of the wagon the pintle 7c is not used as that on the otherside. The pintles 7c are turned in over the edge of the wagon, and thusserve as stops for the levers I I when the leaves 0 0 have been tightlyclosed. The pintles 7t are turned outwardly, and that on the left sideof the wagon, as on the right, is connected by the operating-rods M M tothe eyes on the inner edges of the leaves 0. When the leaves are in theclosed position, the arms K of the angle-levers I are in a horizontalposition and extend rearward, and the lever F is then engaged in thenotch g in the bar G, thus securely locking the leaves in the closedposition. When the lever F is disengaged from the notch g and movedforward to the farthest extent, the arm K is then inclined downward,although previously in the vertical or nearly vertical position, and theleaves 0 are inclined downwardly at the inner ends.

It will be seen that as both angle-levcrs are attached rigidly to thetransverse shaft H they will move simultaneously.

It will be seen that the angle formed by the arms K K is not a rightangle, and therefore when the stop or pintle k on the end of the arm Kbears upon the upper edge of the wagon body, and thereby stops themotion of the lever F, the arm K is not exactly vertical, but inclinesslightly toward the rear end of the wagon. Obviously the weight on theinner ends of the leaves 0 will draw down upon the operating-rods, andif the arm K inclined forwardly instead of rearwardly there would beacontinual strain upon the lever F,which would increase as the load inthe wagon increased,

This difficulty is obviated by the arrangement shown. The arm K inclinesrearwardly, and therefore the weight upon the leaves causes the stop orpintle It to press more firmly upon the upper edge of the wagon; but itcannot slip, and there is no strain upon any other part of the device.

A Wear-plate, N, is secured to the upper edge of the wagon on each side,on which the stop or pintle 7c bears in the closed and also in the-openposition of the leaves, for it will be seen that the said pintle alsoserves as a stop for the open position of the leaves. This manner ofoperating the pivoted leaves of the wagon-body is very simple, and,owing to its simplicity, it may be made very strong.

0 0 represent, respectively, the front and rear bolsters, to which aresecured the axles I P, the rear axle being secured in place by thebrace-rods Q, which pass under the ends of the axle and are secured atthe ends to the sides of the wagon-body. The ends of the bolsters areprovided with standards 0 0, and p p designate bolster-irons,which aresecured to the under side of the wagon-body. The bolster-irons are of aU shape, having the depending arms p to pass down on opposite sides ofthe bolster, and thereby hold the wagon-body from longitudinal movement.The standards 0 0 hold the body from lateral movement. The front axle isprovided with the usual fifth-wheel, R, and the front end of the reachor perch S is secured to the kingbolt, as usual. This perch does not,however, extend to the rear axle, but is cut off a short distance inrear of the fifth-wheel. Bracerods T T are secured to the rear end ofthe said perch and extend laterally to the sides of the wagon, wherethey are turned up and attached to the sides of the body, as shownclearly in the. drawings. When the pivoted leaves are in the lowered oropened positions, the front leaf swings down until it strikes againstthe said brace-rods, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. In a dumping-wagon, thecombination, with the body A, of the bottom 13, comprising the leaves 0O, pivoted near the outer ends to the said body, the angle-lever I,pivoted to the side of the body, and the operating-rods M M, connectingone arm of the said lever to the free ends of the leaves, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the bottomB, comprising the leaves 0 O, pivoted at theouter ends to the wagon andhaving the laterally-projecting eyes secured to the inner ends, theangle-lever I, pivoted to the upper edge of the body and having the armK, provided with an inwardly-extending pintle or stop, It, and the armK, and the operating-rods M M, connecting the end of the arm K to theeyes on the free ends of the leaves 0 O, respectively, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the leaves 0(3, having the trunnions c c on the sides thereof near the outer endsjournaled in bearings on the lower edge of the body, the angle-lever I,pivoted to the side of the body, operating-rods M M, connecting one ofthe arms of said lever to the free ends of the leaves 0 0, respectively,and the lever F, pivoted to the side of the body and connected to theother arm of the lever I, all constructed, arranged, and operatedsubstantially as specified.

4. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, having thedepending bearings D D secured to the lower edge thereof, of the movablebottom 13, comprising the sections (30, provided near the outer endswith trunnions journaled in the bearings D, guidebar G on the side ofthe wagon, lever F,journaled on the projecting end of one of the saidtrunnions and operating between the guidebar G and the side of the body,angle-lever I, having the arms K and K, operating-rods M M, connectingthe arm K to the free ends of the leaves 0 0, respectively, and theconnect ing-rod L, connecting the arm K to the lever F, all constructedand arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the leaves 0O, 'journaled near the outer ends to the said body, the guidebar G,having a notch, g, therein, lever F, pivoted to the side of the body andadapted to engage in the said notch g, the. spring F, secured to thelever and adapted to bear on the opposite side of the bar G from thelever, for the purpose described, the transverse shaft H, journaled inbearings at the upper edge of the body, near the center, theangle'levers I I on the outer ends of the shaft and having the arms Kand K, the operating-rods M M, connecting the arm K to the free ends ofthe leaves 0 C, respectively, and the rod L, connecting the arm K to thelever F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

6. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body, of the leaves 0C, journaled therein and adapted to be depressed at the inner ends, theangle-lever I, comprising the arms K. and K, having at theirextremities, respectively, the inturned pintle or stop It and theoutwardly-turned pintle lo, the operatingrods M M, connecting the pintleto the free ends of the leaves 0 (J, respectively, and the lever F,pivoted to the body and connected to the extremity of the arm K, thepintle or stop 70 on the end of the said arm K being adapted to engagethe upper edge of the body to limit the motion of the angle-lever, allconstructed, arranged, and operated substantially as and for the purposespecified.

7. In a dumping -wagon, the front axle IIO provided with the fifth-wheelR, combined as our own We have hereto aifixed our signawith the perch S,attached to the front axle tures in presence of two witnesses.

only Within the fifth-wheel, and the rods T, ALEXANDER RODGERS.

connecting the other end of the perch to the W'ILLIAM T. HAITEN. 5 sideof the wagon-body, substantially as speci- Witnesses:

fied. JONAS M. MILLER,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing B. F. ARMI'I'AGE.

